Zuccotto Cake for Festive Occasions Zuccotto, a Florentine cake, was presented for the first time at Caterina de Medici's court during a banquet held for distinguised Spanich visitants. It is believed that a famous Italian artist named this dessert, Elmo di Caterina (Caterina's helmet). The cake shape resembled an infantry helmet of that time known as a Zuccotto. Given...
